An advisory opinion on responsibility for emissions means that Canada could be on the hook for major climate-change-related ...

The International Court of Justice says governments are legally obliged “to achieve deep, rapid and sustained reductions” in ...

In the court hearings, youth activists representing vulnerable communities from frontline states in the Pacific and the ...

The advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice is a legal milestone. Conceived by law students from small ...

On July, 26, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down its long-awaited Advisory Opinion on the legal obligations of States in relation to climate change.

In a landmark, unanimous advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice found that a state's violation of its legal ...

The opinion of the International Court of Justice is seen by some as a turning point in international climate law, with ...

On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) gave an advisory opinion on the obligation of states to protect the ...

Climate change is an existential problem of “planetary proportions” that affects all forms of life and the very health of the ...

Countries have very strong obligations under international law to cut climate pollution and prevent significant harm to the ...

The International Court of Justice establishes that countries are legally bound to combat climate change, reinforcing the ...

Russians blew up a barrack in the penal colony in Olenivka, killing over 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) and injuring ...